Category: DIY

NA Miata Ignition Switch Replacement / Refurbish

Old vs New

Is your NA Miata not starting anymore? A bad ignition switch may be the problem.

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NA Miata Gas Fumes SOLVED

Charcoal canister in place

Further work in eliminating Miata gas fumes. And, spoiler, I FIXED IT!

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NC MX-5 Miata (2006-2015) Oil / Trans / Diff Fluid Change

Engine oil, transmission fluid, and differential oil! This post has info on changing all of these. And for a bonus, adding some fluid to the shifter turret.

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Miata Oil Gauge – Real vs Fake

Real on the left, fake on the right.

Got an NA Miata with the dummy oil pressure gauge? Want to figure out how to spot a real gauge? This is the post for you.

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Momo Prototipo Restoration

This wheel has seen a few things. As has the robot.

You didn’t expect me to live with the cracked, glossy coating on my old Prototipo steering wheel did you?

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The Updated Door Panel Project

The old door panels.

My old quilted vinyl door panels were starting to look rather cheap to me. Meanwhile, I had about 1/3 of a hide of leather sitting in my parts shed. A plan formed…

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How to Paint Gauge Needles

Ultimate car detailing!

I receive this same question quite often, “How do I get red needles for my gauges?” And about a paragraph of text explains the process quite well. It’s really not very hard. But after typing out the same thing for the 50th time, I decided I could do better. So here ya go! How to paint gauge needles.

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The Sharka Interior, 2012 (dash install pt2)

Sharka's interior. It's not subtle.

Continuing from my last post, here’s the full, finished interior. It’s all photos. Tons of photos. Maybe too many photos… but I couldn’t help it.

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NA6 Vintage Dash Install part 1

That's gonna need to come out...

After nearly a year of back-burner-sitting, my 1600 vintage dash is finally going in Sharka. FINALLY! Check out the install. Finished pix are in the next post.

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A Dozen Tiny Updates

Original buckles...

Updates. I got ’em.

This post is a collection of updates to past posts that I’ve been meaning to do for months now. There are so many that I thought I’d make a post about it. I’m actually rather embarrassed about how many updates there are and how far back they go… the first was an update I meant to post in April.

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